Hair seals - Phoca

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Phoca
Author Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Rank Genus
Taxonomic # 180641
Common Names English: hair seals
English: harbor seals
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Mammalia
        Subclass: Theria
          Infraclass: Eutheria
            Order: Carnivora
              Suborder: Caniformia
                Family: Phocidae
Taxonomic Children Species: Phoca largha
Species: Phoca vitulina
Synonyms (since 1950)

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Physical Description / Field Identification

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Distribution

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ITIS TSN180641
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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#records (spatial)7,819
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets23
Year1976 - 2015
Latitude-46.90 - 70.55
Longitude-128.86 - -49.44
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